Title : 
An optimal, high extinction ratio, broadband polarizer based on elliptical-cored long-period fiber gratings
         
        
            Author : 
Lee, Cheng-Ling ; Lin, Yuan-Yao ; Lee, Ray-Kuang
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. United Univ., Miaoli, Taiwan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper demonstrated an optimal, high extinction ratio, spectrally flat and broadband fiber polarizer which is based on a birefringent elliptical-cored long-period fiber grating (ECLPG) with optimally synthesized by the Lagrange multiplier optimization (LMO) algorithm.
         
        
            Keywords : 
birefringence; diffraction gratings; extinction coefficients; optical fibre polarisation; optical polarisers; optimisation; Lagrange multiplier optimization algorithm; birefringent fiber grating; broadband polarizer; elliptical-cored long-period fiber gratings; extinction ratio; spectrally flat polarizer; Bandwidth; Birefringence; Equations; Extinction ratio; Fiber gratings; Lagrangian functions; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Resonance; Silicon compounds; Fiber polarizer; Lagrange multiplier optimization (LMO); Long-Period Fiber Grating (LPG); Polarization extinction ratio (PER);
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Shanghai
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-3829-7
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-3830-3
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292709